Sligo Notes 02.04.2013

After a very successful Connacht blitz and a series of trials the U14 management had to come up with a panel of 30 to take to the upcoming games.  The following are the selected players: Roisin Faughnan(Ballymote ),Lisa Mc Grath(Ballymote ),Attracta Halloran(Coolera ), Leah Gannon(C.T. Gaels ), Aimee Oates (Drumcliff ), Lisa Mc Loughlin(Drumcliff ), Sinead Regan (Drumcliff ), Orla O’Dowd (Eastern Harps ), Shannon Doherty(Eastern Harps ), Megan Mc Cormack (Eastern Harps ), Eimear Henry (Eastern Harps ), Leanne Powell (Eastern Harps ), Meave Duffy (Eoghan Rua ), Aimie Cawley (Eoghan Rua ), Nora O’Reilly (Geevagh ), Sinead Mohan (Geevagh ) Leah Kelly (St Farnans ), Aisling Egan (St Marys ), Emma Gallagher (St Marys ), Kayleigh Haran (St Michaels ), Sorcha Codd (St Michaels ), Lisa Flynn (St Molaise Gaels ), Cliona Mc Gowan (St Molaise Gaels ), Deidre Byrne (St Molaise Gaels ), MaryAnn O’Kennedy (St Nathys ), Katie Reynolds (St Nathys ), Molly Kennedy (Tourlestrane ), Meave Normally (Tourlestrane ).  They go on to play their first game of the group stages against Leitrim on Saturday 6th April in Sligo IT grounds at 6pm.  Please support the girls. The Minor squad is up against Leitrim on Monday 1st of April at 6pm in Sean O’Heslins Ballinamore.  Please support the girls.

To date it has been 2 wins out of 5 for the Sligo Intermediate Ladies and they were playing Wexford at home on Sunday last in a must win game to help them reach a play-off stage.  Sligo lined out a strong 15 players to take on  fit and physically powerful Wexford.  Sligo had the upper hand for most of the game with a first half goal coming from Roisin Collery to settle the players.  At half time Sligo were 4 points up but Wexford got some vital scores to narrow the gap.  Karen Maloney took some all important points through-out the game and she was helped by Aine Gormley and Nicole Fowley who secured that all important win for Sligo with a final score of 1.8 to 0.8.  The final group game is against Tipperary on the 7th April at home at 2pm (venue to be confirmed).

As the cold snap of weather is still with us and is expected to continue remember “PET STOP” who is located at Carraroe Retail Park, Sligo.  They are Sligo’s most competitive retailer for Fuel and pet supplies and are 2013 main sponsor of Sligo Ladies Football.

A list of clubs contact details have been circulated to all the clubs in Sligo, if you have not received this circulation please email Louise on sligoladiespro@gmail.com and she will organise to forward you a copy.

League games are under way with fixtures being circulated to all clubs if you haven’t received them make contact with your club secretary or county delegates.  We wish all clubs a very successful league season.  For any queries on fixtures or game times and venues please contact Tom Keane (Fixtures committee) on 087 6325108.  As games are commencing all clubs are asked to ensure all players are registered with the association as soon as possible and that new players are dealt with immediately.  It is important to note that players are not covered under the injury fund if they are not registered.

The Sligo sports Partnership are running an ‘Inclusive Sport’ training workshop for coaches, instructors and leaders it will be loaded with fun games and activities that can be used through all sports, warm ups, cool downs, team building games, camps and more.  The Ladies Gaelic Association wish to promote this workshop as they are generic ideas to be taken from it that coaches can adapt to their own sport.  If you or your members are interested please contact Diane in the Sports Partnership on 071 9161511.